Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2008: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, Parte 2

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Página 531 - Law 102—486, section 901), including the acquisition or condemnation of any real property or any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion...
Página 14 - Thousands of university researchers — professors, "post-docs", and undergraduate students — also rely, each year, on Office of Science support. Roughly half of the researchers at Office of Science-run facilities come from universities, and about a third of Office of Science research funds go to institutions of higher learning. The Office of Science is also the main federal sponsor of basic research aimed at achieving the scientific breakthroughs necessary to meet our nation's growing energy challenge...
Página 541 - EERE is also guided by the research and development investment criteria (RDIC) called for in the President's Management Agenda, as well as the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) to guide its decisions and focus its R&D on long-term, high-payoff activities that require federal involvement to be successful.
Página 18 - Environment Strategic Goal: To protect the environment by providing a responsible resolution to the environmental legacy of the Cold War and by providing for the permanent disposal of the Nation's high-level radioactive waste
Página 877 - Ensure the safety and health of the DOE workforce and members of the public, and the protection of the environment in all Departmental activities.
Página 500 - Access authorization means an administrative determination that an individual is eligible for access to classified matter or is eligible for access to, or control over, special nuclear material.
Página 6 - S494.5 million is requested in FY 2008 for the continued development of a geologic waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Not later than June 30, 2008, the Department intends to complete and submit a License Application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for authorization to construct the repository.
Página 8 - Twenty in Ten" plan and I urge your support for this ambitious plan. For too long, our nation has been dependent on oil. America's dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments, raise the price of oil, and do great harm to our economy. America will reach the President's "Twenty in Ten...
Página 12 - ... part of GNEP, the US and other nations with advanced nuclear technologies would ensure developing nations a reliable supply of nuclear fuel in exchange for their commitment to forgo enrichment and reprocessing facilities of their own, also alleviating a traditional proliferation concern. GNEP will also help resolve America's nuclear waste disposal challenges. By recycling spent nuclear fuel, the heat load and volume of waste requiring permanent geologic disposal would be significantly reduced,...
Página 960 - America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality through public-private partnerships that promote energy efficiency and productivity, bring clean, reliable, and affordable energy technologies to the marketplace, and make a difference in the everyday lives of Americans by enhancing their energy choices and quality of life.

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